The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-04-14
STATESMEN'S TALK.
DRIFT OF EVENTS AS SEEN By 20
LrT1CAL OBsERvERs.
Extracts from Interviews with senators
Sherman and Kenna, Judge Holman and
Ex-0overnors Palmer and Chamberlsin-
The Present Aspect Of National Politics.

Ex-0overnor Palmer and Chamberlsin- |
The Present Aspect Of National Politics.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, on his re-
turn from his Southern trip was inter-
viewed by q New York Herald CORE
spondent as follows:
III reply to the question, "Do you find any
change in the material prosperity Of the
South as compared with decade ago" Mr..
''In Florida did not. In Northern Ala
bama and Eastern and Middle Tennessee,
yes; decidedly yes. Florida has no staple
products. Her chief dependence is in sick
Yankees as they call the Northern tourists,
oranges. do not think can say much else
for the State. On the other hand, the coal
and iron industries of Alabama and Tennes-
see are bringing those States rapidly to the
front. All the region thereabotts is devel-
oping immensely. The towns and cities re-
The people are alive and ambitious. 1mmi-
grafton. Is rapidly pouring in and capital is
going there in vast volumes"
"Do you think the Republican party will
secure the electoral vote of any Southern
States in 1882 the senator was next asked.
There are six Southern States that are
naturally Republican," he said. These
are North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. But for
the race prejudice existing there we would
have no difficulty in adding them to the Re
.'Is It true that the colored people are
going. over to the Democratic party in any
considerable numbers?'
mo, SIR" was the emphatic reply. "There
is no truth in that. A Southern colored man
is Republican instinctively. Educate him
his adherence TO the principles Of the Repub-
lican party. II would be 9 good thing for us
II the negroes would divide among the two
parties; but this they are not likely to do"
What do the Republicans propose to do
about the alleged intimidation of the colored
II can't say as to that. We certainly ought
to do something to protect these people. !
think we will do 30 In the next presidential
campaign. Just what our mode Of procedure
will be can't tell, but we feel that the time
has come when we ought to claim our
rights"
SENATOR xENNA's VIEWS.
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, in
talk with Cincinnati Enquirer corre-
spondent said:
'"There is more or less disafection in the
Democratic ranks on the subject of patron
age, but when all the conditions are consid-
cred 1t seems to me that there il certainly not
more than inevitable. believe, moreover,
that by the time the present administration
stand ali the details involved in thi; subject,
there will be deep-seated conviction every
where that the President has acted with Q
sincere and honest purpose to do his whole
duty to the country first and to do his whole
duty TO his party also. To tell you the truth
,,etrorsT. 4. ve.,, sa~slt;va .,1S;a"x .nd
strange as it may seem in Indiana and Vir-
ginia, where patronage had been most liber-
ally bestowed-perhaps more 30 than in any
other States of the Union-the Democratic
party suffered most in the Last campaign"
do you rsg ID psTocSss
nomination. p
"'Eighty-eigh is still some time of, and
many changes may occur. believe, how
ever, by that time there will be scarcely any
one to question the honesty, frugality, pa
triotism and efficiency Of Mr.. Clevelands ad-
first Democratic President since the war. He
President under the circumstances would, q
sort Of situation of experimental mean this
in political sense-in the eyes of the coun-
Try; II he & should % maintain ANT % himself as be-
nomination win be q political necessity to
the Democratic party; and If the standard to
which have alluded should secure for him
O denomination by the Democracy, that
same standard will secure his reelection by
the country"
JUDGE HoLMAN's OPINION.
Representative VIM. T. Holman, of
Indiana, talking to New York Herald
correspondent, said he had no doubt that
Speaker Carlisle would reappoint Randall
to the craftsmanship of the appropria-
tions committee. As to the policy of
the Democratic majority in the next
Congress he said:
ut will, beyond question, pass some meas.
the consequent decrease Of the surplus In the
treasury. We have already sufficient bal.
ance in the treasury to redeem the three PEI
cents and leave something. over. Moreover,
you must not forget that the surplus is piling
sum 1t will amount to by even next Decem.
Der. Then, again, the Secretary Of the
Treasury holds large amounts Of money fol
| specific purposes, such, for instance, as the
el00, 100000 for the redemption Of the green,
backs, &c. The situation next winter will
to relieve It.. The abolition Of the tax or
| tobacco would reduce the surplus about e28,
| 100000, and fifty per cent. reduction of tht
sugar tax would further lessen it by e26, 900,
| 600 more. The withdrawal of the tax or
tobacco would be measure very satisfac
tory to the people of the South and West
where most of that article is from. The peo
pie of the country regard 1t as great hard
ship that the government should impos'
taxation where It is not actually needed"
| "Upon what platform do you think thu
Democrats will stand in the next presiden
tial convention~
| "Our platform, think, will be substan
TALLY the same as that of three years ago, ex
cept that the feeling in favor of revenue re
form will be more decided, while protection
as an element of political policy, will not b.
SO conspicuous. The revenue reform senti
ment in the Northwest has grown yer,
rapidly of late, although as an Offset to thi
such Of the Southern States as Georgia, Ala
bams and Tennessee are moving more int
the projection column e their coal and iror
the tariff with cut any more of figure il
| 1888 than it did in 1884-not 30 much, prob
ably. The principal issue will be the reten
| ton in power of the party of honest meth
| ods or the reinstatement of the party of ex
travagance and corruption. To my mint
there IL no doubt of the result"
Ex-GOv. PALMER C0ANENDs CLEVELAND
In . recent interview ex-Governo
John NJ. Palmer, Of Illinois, said:
my party nominated Cleveland, and !, o
course, like good Democrat, fell into line
But was afraid Of him. He wss new
man and ! regarded him In the light Of a
experiment. To be candid cannot say tina
me until he vetoed the dependent soldier bill
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